Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-04

A. No, that was not written notice.
@. Well, it was not their duty to
hunt up voters, or persons to register
their names?
A. don't consider that it was.
@. How often was that notice pub
lished in the Express, that you have ref
erence to OF the 25th of October?
a. l think probably from the 25th
up to and includng the 9th.
Q. And in ho other paper in the
county?
A. / don't think it was.
q. BY Mr.. Howard: That is an even.
A. Evening paper. Mr.. White and
Mr.. Del Vale and, think, Mr.. Waters
came to me and asked me to fix date
when the supplemental registration
would close, and l agreed with them
that on the 27th-taat would probably
be the latest date that we could get copy
to the printers and get it published in
time for distribution throughout the sew
eral precincts.
@. When did that conversation oc
cur between you and White and Del
Vale?
A. i think aDOut the 2Utn.
0, About the 20!h of October?
A. [ am not positive in regard to
that. Mr.. White said: 1--WE would
like to fix upon some date, SO that was
established.
Q. Among the Deputy County Clerks
appointed by you MIR. John r. Briefly
was one of them. was he not!
A He was.
@. He was also Chairman of the Re-
publican County Central Committee?
A. He was; yes, sir.
@. How long had he been deputy
of yours?
A. think that Briefly was appointed
about the 20;h or 2lst. The records will
show.
Q. OF October.
A. October.
@. You were in active communica-
tion with him, were you not, naturally:
A. l was; yes, sir. He was in the
city and back and forth from there to
San Pedro.
@. When did you first inform him of
your determination to continue the reg.
istration up to the 9th of October?
A. think it was about the Goth.
@. And at the same time appointed
him Deputy County Clerk-then or
Immediately?
A. Well, it was about that time; I
don't remember exactly. l think be
registered about four votes.
@. Did you see the notice issued by
MIR. Briefly and the Republican County
Central Committee?
A. have seen it.
@. Is that, copy OF it? paper
handed to witness).
A. 1t appears to be; l think it is.
have no reason to doubt it.
Witness: Let me see that fone mo-
ment, please. Paper handed to wit
messy.
Q. That is copy of that notice ex'
cept the pencil marks on it!
A. Yes sir, that is it.
@. At the time that Mr.. Briefly is.
sued this notice did he consult you
about it?
A. l think that at the time sent
out these notices to the several registry
clerks he informed me that they would
issue circular from the Republican
headquarters.
@. Then you must have sent your
notices out to the Deputy County Clerks
before the 2lst?
A. think it was on the Goth or 2lst;
I am not positive.
@. You informed Mr.. Briefly, then,
of your action, did you not?
A. The intention to send out?
Q. Yes, sir.
A. Why, most assuredly.
@. Particularly as he was your Dep
uty. Did you inform any Democrat oil
Democratic County Central Committee
of your determination, at the same time
or shortly after you informed Mr.. Bri.
erly?
A. don't know that went espe--
I don't recollect the exact time, came
here into this block and was talking
with, l think it was Mr.. White. in re.
gard to the supplemental registration
But it was a matter that was talked
over in the office; when any one
Q. understand, sir. In your office,
you mean.
Mr.. Campbell. Let him answer your
question; don't interrupt him.
@. By Mr.. Robarts. Talked over in
your Office, you say?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Between you and your deputies?
A. Yes, sir.
@. Your deputies are all Republi
cans, are they not?
A, In the Office, yes, sir.
@. Yes, sir?
A. The registry clerks were not.
Q. My question is, did you at the
time that you notified Briefly, and upon
which information he issued this notice
from the headquarters of the Republican
County Committee, did you inform any
of the Democratic County Central Com
mittee of your determination
A. / don't know that l did at that
time.
@. If you did, sir, at what time
how long afterwards--and who did you
inform&
A. Well, propably this con versation
with Mr.. White and Mr.. Del Vale and
Mr.. Waters is one of the times that
recollect particularly. OF course, the
fact of having the notices printed, and
they were distributed there in the
Office, and were mailed, as l tell you,
about the Goth or 2lst. 1 had hun.
dred of these notices printed and dis.
tributed.
@. Well. but you don't fix any date
when you told them this.
A. No, I don't fix the date of the
conversation between Mr.. White and
Mr.. Del Valle, but about that time;
sometime after the Goth.
@. Do you not know as matter of
fact, that the first intimation that the
Democratic County Central Committee
had of your action in continuing the
registra ton to the 9th of October " as
when they acquired wet.proof copy of
Brieriy's notice!
"A. 1 do not.
@. On the night OF the 2lst?
A. l do not know it.
Q. will ask you again, sir, referring
to this notice issued from the headquar.
ters of the Republican County Commit.
tee, of date October 81, 1886, did
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